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Housing in Fullerton

A typical Fullerton home is worth roughly $129,000

Builders were permitted 6 new homes in 2025.

Typical home value
$129K
NE $281K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$960
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,433
NE $3,549

What kind of housing town is Fullerton?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.7 years of income

Less than across Nebraska (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$181,000
Typical Fullerton home $129K

That covers a typical Fullerton home, with $53K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$790
Loan $640Tax $120Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $960 a month here, $170 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Fullerton’s typical property tax (1.12% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

69% of Fullerton households own their home

Half of Fullerton’s homes were built before 1953.

Owners and renters
Own 69%Rent 32%

Nebraska: 67% own.

1953
typical home built · NE 1975
$1,433
median property tax bill · NE $3,549
1.12%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · NE 1.49%
2%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $960

Renters already here pay a median of $817, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$730
2 bedrooms$960
3 bedrooms$1,160
4 bedrooms$1,340
32%
of households rent · NE 34%
147
renter households
48%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · NE 45%
24%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$817
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Merrick County, NE HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

6 new homes permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 6 new homes in Fullerton in 2025: 3 single-family houses and 3 in buildings with two or more homes, worth about $1.2 million to build. That's 4.5 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Nebraska (5.7). Over the past 10 years, Fullerton has permitted 20 homes in all.

Single-family2+ homes per building
0246810 200020052010201520202025
6
new homes permitted in 2025
3
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
4.5
per 1,000 residents · NE 5.7
20
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−63
New homes+36

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Fullerton's population fell by 63 even though 36 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Nebraska: 1.8 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)330$790,000
2025633$1.2 million
2024220$433,000
2023330$650,000
2022110$273,000
2021440$760,000
2020220$400,000
2019220$368,000
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015330$1.9 million
2014909$1 million
2013808$900,000
2012220$255,000
2011624$432,000
2010624$432,000
2009523$395,000
2008110$155,000
2007220$300,000
2006000—
2005000—
2004000—
2003000—
2002000—
2001110$100,000
2000220$200,000

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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